Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-28

York circles in regard to the tightness of
money and to relieve the tightness talked
about the Secretary of the United States
proposed to buy sl4, 200 900 o. S. bonds.
The purchase began last Thursday. Ov-
er three millions on tha; day of 4, and
per cent bonds were bought by the gov
ernment at l0S-f-l0 and LIS respectively.
The New York money market became
easier at once.
Peter Bernheisel, died at Harrisburg,
last Thursday morning, aged SO years. He
was the builder of the present Lutheran
brick church, which was repaired under the
psstorship of Mr.. Berry When Bernheis
ell built the church Rev. Mr.. Boyer preach
ed for the congregation. The people 10
this place, who have a personal recoIlec-
ton of Bernheisel can be counted on the
fingers of ones right hand He was not
afflicted with disease but died of exhaus-
ton of age.
The peculiar manner of the death OF
Captain Frankhouser, and the death OF
Sheriff Shivery, and others, caused people
to talk about premonitory cholera symp.
toms, and a number insisted that in the
summer of 1851, a number of just such
deaths occurred in Junista, and they were
the forcrunner of the scourge of cholera,
| that broke out in Miffilntown in the sum-
mer of 1852, and now that cholera has been
brought to this country from Italy by the
steamer Alesia, there are a number of peo-
pie who are satisfied in their own mind
that next summer the cholera will again
visit this mountain girt place.
From the Lewistown Gazette Wheat
has been threshed around BelleviIle and
has averaged from 20 to 20 bushels to the
acre A young man named Hall has
been arrested and lodged in Jail on suspic-
of being one of the parties, who broke in-
to W. c. Vines lumber Office two weeks
ago. The hot days and cool nights
of September in conjunction with the hab-
its of the people give rise TO more diseases
than any other month OF the year.
S. b. Hertzler of Oliver has made nearly
two hundred barrels of cider at his presses
so far this fall. We understand par
ties are about leasing grounds from b. l..
Scott and others near LIlleyviile and say it
Is their intention TO go ahead at once and
investigate the coal business. Parties here
that never prayed before are now praying
that coal may be found. We were
shown a specimen Of good bItuminous coal
lately dug from the land owned bY the late
Simon Stroup, OF Decatur township.
Different parties have offered TO pay
Luther Smith for the waliing OF his well.
Coal was found in the bottom OF it and il
parties want to dig for coal they will have
TO destroy the wall 4. wild turkey
was found dead on Jacks mountain, last
week that had been wounded by some hunt.
er. Hunters should know that the time i.
not in until the 18th OF October, for killing
wild turkeys, and there Is 4 tue Tor shoot
ing them before that time
From the Newport papers: The flying
| horses at the Newport fair did a lively BUS
iness. The Marysville shoe company
has been organized with sI5 900 capital.
During "Wednesday afternoon, Will,
/ entire families were absent from their homei
I al tnS lalEs repoEts ISaSut1 lne sIoUnu ina
/ a number of houses were broken open anc
robbed. a stampede was made Tor tow
10 ascertain the truth OF the report, whel
| it was found that the residence OF Samue
Nou, OF Fifth street, was entered by break
ing a light OF glass in back window, anC
reaching in the ,fastenings where uncone
| The window was hoisted. aud then tn
rascal crawled IN. lie was seen entering
There is nothing missing. and before h
got any booty he was frightened away.
Several smart fellows were relieves
or their money by the shsrpers on the fai
ground. One young man In Newport los
in the neighborhood OF thirty-tive dollars
The small boy, OF whatever size G
age who is inclined to amuse himself
tearing down posters, ETC., should bear
r mind that by an act passed the la st Legs
4 lature- This recreation is made misd
meanor punishable by fine of not less tha
SIS nor more than 500. The Nc
. man Percheren colt, two years old, and d
= Englis hshire colt, one year old, imports
[ and owned by David b. Doty, Of Miffiintow
: were much ad mired. The individT
I. who worked the three walnut and di
!. racket ought to have been lynched.
n gathered in about $50 in twenty minut
Y taking $50 from one young man.